Well what is the stock pressure supposed to be because I took mine apart to port it and now I see 15-16# and spiking to 18# then a bad fluctuation. Is my wastegate arm too tight?

Is your wastegate too tight? Hmmm.... Did you tighten it?

Once removed from your engine the turbo can be easily disassembled without adjusting the wastegate pressure. So this would have to be something done intentionally. So did you tighten it? Also what kind of boost control are you using? Factory boost control? MBC? Aftermarket EBC with programmable controller? Did you hooked up the vacuum lines to the turbo correctly when you reinstalled it? Do you have a vacuum leak somewhere?

Well I guess it would help to know that I am running MS2 without a BCS. That 16# is straight wastegate pressure. I have a hose going from the nipple right to the wastegate.

I dont know why I took it apart that way. I took the arm end off and forgot how much tension to put back on it. I put alot on it when I put it back together. If I remember right I had to pull the diaphraghm arm about 3/16" or so to get it on the flapper arm. I am starting to think that is why too much.

I just wondered because I cant get it to run right at full throttle because when I look at my logs the boost fluctuation is causing accel/decel and overrun fuel cut. Which is the only thing keeping me from taking it to redline WOT. I can go to redline at part throttle and make 12-13#. From what I have been reading that shouldnt happen.